May 1, 2009
One of the little gags in last night's "30 Rock" involved characters saying "twist" when the plot took a surprise (or at least sitcom-surprise) turn. But the biggest twist may have been how uneasily real it got in the confrontation between Jack and his mother Colleen. …
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February 15, 2009
Back in its heyday, "The Carol Burnett Show" was notorious (with me, anyway) for setting up a sketch premise, rolling along with it for a bit and then abruptly and none too satisfyingly ending. It made the whole sketch seem weaker, that it didn't really have anywhere to go, but much would be forgiven because [...]
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